Zastavna
Заставна
Flag of Zastavna
Flag
Coat of arms of Zastavna
Coat of arms
Zastavna is located in Chernivtsi Oblast
Zastavna
Zastavna
Zastavna is located in Ukraine
Zastavna
Zastavna
Coordinates: 48°31′13″N 25°50′42″E / 48.52028°N 25.84500°E / 48.52028; 25.84500
Country Ukraine
Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast
RaionChernivtsi Raion
First chronicled1589
Government
 • MayorYaroslav Tsurkan
Population
 (2022)
 • Total7,750
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
59400-05
Area code+380 3737

Zastavna (Ukrainian: Заставна [zɐsˈtɑu̯nɐ]; Romanian: Zastavna) is a small city in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Zastavna is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) to the north of the city of Chernivtsi, in the historical region of Bukovina. It hosts the administration of Zastavna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 7,750 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

Historical affiliations

 Moldavia 1589–1775
Habsburg monarchy 1775–1804
 Austrian Empire 1804–1918
 Kingdom of Romania 1918–1940
 Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) 1940–1941
 Kingdom of Romania 1941–1944
 Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) 1944–1991
 Ukraine 1991–present

The first mention in chronicles is dated to 1589. The name of Zastavna most likely origins from its location surrounded by ponds (ukr. "stav"). There is also a version that the name goes from the turnpike (ukr. "zastava") on the road to Chernivtsi existed in old times.[citation needed]

Zastavna has status of town since 1940.[3][4][5] Between 1941 and 1944, it was known as Târgu Nistrului.

A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.[6]

In January 1989 the population was 9438 people.[7][5]

In January 2013 the population was 8063 people.[8]

Until 18 July 2020, Zastavna served as an administrative center of Zastavna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Zastavna Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.[9][10]

Transport

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Заставненская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Заставна // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 9. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.
  4. ^ Заставна // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.453
  5. ^ a b c Заставна // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.452
  6. ^ № 3268. Знамя победы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.427
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  8. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108
  9. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  10. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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